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Appearing Tuesday on the Fox Business Network, former Trump Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos criticized President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness action.
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As Civil Rights Cases Are Dismissed, National Groups Take on DeVos
June 2nd, 2018 
Awake Goy Weeks after civil rights advocates began receiving notifications from the Department of Education that their cases regarding discrimination in schools were being dismissed, three national groups filed a lawsuit Thursday arguing that the department’s new complaint guidelines are undermining its own obligation to investigate civil rights violations. “You don’t have be an attorney to know […]
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No Comments »Disruptive DeVos and the AFC Push “Personalized” Virtual School Privatization
May 13th, 2018 Awake Goy By John Klyczek Virtual School in a Computerized Box (Part 2) Harvard Business Professor Clayton Christensen forecasts that “smart learning platforms,” such as stimulus-response adaptive-conditioning computers, will effectively overthrow human teachers. In his book Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Technologies Will Change the Way the World Learns, Christensen analyzes how smart-learning technetronics are “disruptive” […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: devos, disruptive, personalized, privatization, school, virtual No Comments »Betsy DeVos’ Department of Education Is Saving Itself Work by Dismissing Hundreds of Civil Rights Cases
April 22nd, 2018 Awake Goy After her disastrous 60 Minutes interview, where she failed to justify or back up any of her policies or beliefs about education, Betsy DeVos may be eager to prove herself competent and effective again. And in a way, she’s succeeding: her goals even before becoming Secretary of Education was to undermine public schools, belittle teachers, and prop […]
Posted in World News Tags: betsy, department, devos, dismissing, education, itself, saving No Comments »DeVos’ Education Department Accused Of Failing To Negotiate With Union
March 24th, 2018 Awake Goy DeVos’ Education Department Accused Of Failing To Negotiate With Union Above photo: Real Clear Education. “Secretary Betsy DeVos and her management team are attempting to strip employees of their collective bargaining rights and kill the union.” Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education are facing allegations of possible union busting. The American Federation of Government Employees […]
Posted in World News Tags: accused, department, devos, education, failing, negotiate, union No Comments »Betsy DeVos Bans ‘Toxic’ Common Core Program
January 18th, 2018 Awake Goy Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has banned Common Core from being taught in U.S. schools after the Obama-era program was found to dumb down American kids. In a speech Wednesday at an American Enterprise Institute conference, Devos announced that Common Core would no longer be permitted to be taught to children in America. Prior to her […]
Betsy DeVos Met With Boos, Protest At Commencement Speech
December 20th, 2017 Awake Goy Daily movement news and resources. Popular Resistance provides a daily stream of resistance news from across the United States and around the world. We also organize campaigns and participate in coalitions on a broad range of issues. We do not use advertising or underwriting to support our work. Instead, we rely on you. Please […]
Teachers Condemn DeVos Rescinding Special Education Guidance Docs
October 27th, 2017 Awake Goy Above Photo: From badassteachers.blogspot.com Google is blocking our site. Please use the social media sharing buttons (upper left) to share this on your social media and help us break through. The Badass Teachers Association, a grassroots national education activist organization with over 200,000 teachers and education activists in their network, strongly condemn Sec. DeVos for rescinding […]
Posted in World News Tags: condemn, devos, education, guidance, rescinding, special, teachers No Comments »Seattle Educators Ready For DeVos
October 14th, 2017 Awake Goy Above Photo: Michael Vadon/ Flickr Google is blocking our site. Please use the social media sharing buttons (upper left) to share this on your social media and help us breakthrough. Seattle Teacher: Dear Betsy DeVos, You’re Not Welcome Here It starts like this: Dear Betsy DeVos, My name is Jesse Hagopian and I teach ethnic studies at […]
DeVos Embrace Of Predatory For-Profit Colleges Is Breathtaking
September 11th, 2017 Awake Goy Above Photo: Shutterstock Betsy DeVos, whose interest in education prior to the Trump administration seemed mostly focused on K-12 schools, has made her mark as Secretary of Education instead with a remarkably blatant embrace of the worst demands of the for-profit college industry. The reputation of that industry, which at its peak a few years ago […]
Betsy DeVos Sued Over Rule Banning Students From Suing Higher Ed Institutions
July 8th, 2017 Awake Goy Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. (AP/Carolyn Kaster) WASHINGTON – Trying to keep afloat the new debt-relief system tailored to defrauded college students, 19 states slapped Education Secretary Betsy DeVos with a federal complaint Thursday. When […]
Posted in World News, World Order, World Politics Tags: banning, betsy, devos, higher, institutions, students, suing No Comments »DeVos Hires For-Profit College CEO to Run $1.3T Federal Student Loan Program
June 22nd, 2017 Awake Goy Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Host of Hardline Radio Show The Department of Education under Betsy DeVos has hired the CEO of a student loan corporation to head the $1.3 trillion federal student loan program for the Trump administration. A. Wayne Johnson is the founder, chairman and former head of First Performance Corporation […]
Senators Confused by DeVos Refusal to Answer Questions About Education Discrimination
June 9th, 2017 Awake Goy Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Host of Hardline Radio Show Betsy DeVos spoke with the Senate Appropriations subcommittee earlier this week on federal laws and how they play a role in funding that schools receive. Numerous times, DeVos was asked by committee members whether or not she would allow taxpayer funded programs to […]
Posted in World News Tags: about, answer, confused, devos, questions, refusal, senators No Comments »DeVos’s Education Budget Throws Students To The Loan Sharks
May 29th, 2017 Awake Goy Above Photo: From occupy.com The Washington Post last week revealed a draft of the Education Department’s proposed budget, which it described as a “near final version of the bill.” The proposal, now confirmed, includes $10.6 billion in cuts to federal education spending, including $3.1 billion for teacher trainer, class-size reduction, and after-school programs for students. It’s not all cuts, […]
Diane Ravitch: Betsy DeVos Is A Monster The Democrats Helped Create
May 28th, 2017 Awake Goy Above Photo: Getty The policy analyst argues school reform has brought public education to the brink of destruction. $9.2 billion—that’s the amount the Trump administration plans to slice from the Department of Education, according to its latest budget proposal. The carnage includes deep cuts to teacher training, mental health, school arts, anti-bullying initiatives and countless other services, as well […]
DeVos tells Congress She Will Support Funding for Charter Schools that Discriminate
May 25th, 2017 Awake Goy Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Host of Hardline Radio Show During a speech at the American Federation for Children’s annual National Policy Summit, Betsy DeVos told the audience that “the time has expired for ‘reform’” of public schools and those who are against school choice are no better than “flat-earthers”. DeVos called for […]
Graduating Students Boo Betsy DeVos During Commencement Speech
May 13th, 2017 Awake Goy During a university commencement speech on Wednesday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos received a cold reception as hundreds of graduating students stood up and turned their backs to her while booing throughout her speech. Trump adviser and former contestant on NBC’s “The Apprentice,” Omarosa Manigault also received boos from the students in protest against the Trump administration. While attending […]
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